History Main / ItCameFromTheSink

* In ''Film/TheWomanInBlack,'' the Eel Marsh House's plumbing gobs up a blob of mud into the kitchen sink, foreshadowing a [[spoiler: ghostly visitation of an UndeadChild who drowned in a bog.]]

* Music/FrankZappa: Implied on the cover of the album ''Music/WakaJawaka'', which features a dingy sink whose faucets are marked "HOT" and "RATS".

* In the ''Manga/JunjiItoKyoufuMangaCollection'' story "The Groaning Drain", sisters Reina and Shinri and their cleaning-obsessed mother are at first only mildly annoyed when their drains start to clog. Reina is more concerned that her AbhorrentAdmirer Kari now knows where she lives (thanks to Shinri leading him to their house so their mother could insult him). Then the drains begin to leak a foul smell, and their pipes begin to moan. Shinri becomes convinced that Kari is causing the trouble, having crawled into their pipes to stalk them. Reina tells her that's ridiculous, as their pipes aren't more than a few centimeters wide, but [[spoiler:it turns out Shinri is right, Kari ''is'' in their pipes, having crushed his bones and deformed his skull to crawl into their drains]]. When Reina forces Shinri's hand into the shower drain to prove that there's nothing in there, [[spoiler:Shinri is [[FoldSpindleMutilation dragged into the pipes inch by inch]] as a shell-shocked Reina watches in disbelief]].

* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'': Water elemental ghosts, to give Luigi the ElementalBaggage to spray water, can be found in sinks, like in the first floor bathroom.

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* In the Creator/JunjiIto short ''[[https://junjiitomanga.fandom.com/wiki/Groaning_Drain_Pipes Groaning Drain Pipes]]'', sisters Reina and Shinri and their cleaning-obsessed mother are at first only mildly annoyed when their drains start to clog. Reina is more concerned that her AbhorrentAdmirer Kari now knows where she lives (thanks to Shinri leading him to their house so their mother could insult him). Then the drains begin to leak a foul smell, and their pipes begin to moan. Shinri becomes convinced that Kari is causing the trouble, having crawled into their pipes to stalk them. Reina tells her that's ridiculous, as their pipes aren't more than a few centimeters wide, but [[spoiler: it turns out Shinri is right, Kari ''is'' in their pipes, having crushed his bones and deformed his skull to crawl into their drains]]. When Reina forces Shinri's hand into the shower drain to prove that there's nothing in there, [[spoiler: Shinri is dragged into the pipes inch by inch as a shell-shocked Reina watches in disbelief]].

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* ''Series/{{Monsters}}'' did an adaptation of "The Moving Finger".

* In the Creator/JunjiIto short ''[[https://junjiitomanga.fandom.com/wiki/Groaning_Drain_Pipes Groaning Drain Pipes]]'', sisters Reina and Shinri and their cleaning-obsessed mother are at first only mildly annoyed when their drains start to clog. Reina is more concerned that her AbhorrentAdmirer Kari now knows where she lives (thanks to Shinri leading him to their house so their mother could insult him). Then the drains begin to leak a foul smell, and their pipes begin to moan. Shinri becomes convinced that Kari is causing the trouble, having crawled into their pipes to stalk them. Reina tells her that's ridiculous, as their pipes aren't more than a few centimeters wide, but [[spoiler: it turns out Shinri is right, Kari ''is'' in their pipes, having crushed his bones and deformed his skull to crawl into their drains]]. When Shinri forces Reina's hand into the shower drain to prove that there's nothing in there, [[spoiler: Reina is dragged into the pipes inch by inch as a shell-shocked Shinri watches in disbelief]].

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Depending on the situation, this may be a sign of either some kind of supernatural effect making things work like they shouldn't, something infiltrating the building through its sewage or water pipes, or simply a sign of severe uncleanliness and deteriorating hygiene.

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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': In [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/post-6355702 "Out-of-Dungeon Experiences"]], Keeper Arachne's previous attack on Baron Leopold's territory, is discussed by the narration, that her spiders used the richer areas' internal plumbing to sneak in and attack people.

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* Early in ''Film/GhostbustersII'' reddish slime starts coming out of Dana's shower.
* In ''Film/{{It 2017}}'', Bev makes the mistake of looking down the bathroom sink's drain when she hears voices in it. First she's grabbed by hairy tendrils that pull her in close, before the drain blasts a ''torrent'' of blood directly into her face.

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* Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Literature/{{Phantoms}}''. Before the story starts, the Ancient Enemy (a gigantic BlobMonster) invades the homes of the people of Snowfield by going through the sewer system and coming out through the drains in their bathrooms. It then kills them and either eats them or leaves their bodies as a snack for later.

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* Implied on the cover of the Music/FrankZappa album ''Music/WakaJawaka'', which features a dingy sink whose faucets are marked "HOT" and "RATS".

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* In February 2013, guests at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles reported the water in their rooms to be colored black and to have an unusual taste. Upon further inspection, [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elisa_Lam it turned out that a woman's body was in one of the hotel's water tanks.]]

Something comes from a drain or a faucet in the of some sort as an early sign that things aren't quite right or just as a form of unsuspected horror. Blood, bugs, wads of hair or even the monster itself are popular choices. {{Blob Monster}}s in particular, really like to invade sewer systems. In some works, it can be part of a delusion a character is having during a mental breakdown.

See also ToiletHorror where horror scenes happen in the bathroom.

* ''WebComic/TheCallOfWhatever'' has a RunningGag about shoggoths coming out of the shower head.